So it was Saturday morning and the kids and I were hungry (husband was working). Cereal and oatmeal do get boring from time to time and my oldest requested pancakes so I ventured to my trusty healthy food blog, 100 Days of Real Food and quickly located a basic recipe for Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes. I had everything I needed including overly ripe bananas that were headed for some sort of baking recipe. I whipped up a some batter, cutting her recipe in half as I just wasn't interested in flipping dozens of pancakes that morning. I also added a handful of chopped walnuts. Banana pancakes just weren't enough. Banana nut pancakes however, hit the spot!
So let me back up a bit...I cook and bake all sorts of things, some things are freakin' awesome and some aren't so much. I can make a mean meal of many different varieties but for some reason, I cannot master a simple pancake. My pancakes suck. I have tried and tried and tried and they always...suck. And I am not just being hard on myself; ask my husband, he'll vouch for me. I have tried dozens of recipes and followed several different techniques and I fail at all of them. Whatever. I have accepted that I am not a pancake person. I know my other strong points so I'm not bitter!
Feeling brave (and hungry) I gave this recipe a try and wouldn't ya know, I made a pretty decent pancake. They cooked beautifully and tasted great! They weren't completely dry and brittle and they weren't full of uncooked batter in the middle. The stars aligned, the humidity was just right, the heat and the pan was perfect and the pancakes came out like pancakes are supposed to. Low and behold, I made a decent pancake! Too bad my husband wasn't home to witness (and taste) my success.
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